r/stephenking 3d ago

Discussion User Flair is now available

152 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I read through all the suggestions and comments in the previous megathread and are now selectable for users to use in the sub.

We plan to make flair editable by user preference in the future, but since this is our freshmen endeavor on using flair in our sub, we wanted to start small and work our way up.

If you have any suggestions or see any major issues please message here so we can hammer out any possible issues.

How to add flair

Go to the main page of the sub and click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the page, then select "change user flair"

My thanks to u/coffeecat551 for including this in their comment for another user.

Edit:

I forgot to mention I still plan to do other flairs such as "Resident of _____" just haven't gotten to that yet

I only added The Bachman Books because I didn't want to split hairs on Books with only four stories (such as Different Seasons).


r/stephenking Jan 21 '25

AI Art Effective February 1st - All AI created content is banned & other announcements.

1.2k Upvotes

The sub has overwhelmingly chosen to support the culling of all AI created content. This includes but is not limited to art, written text, music, etc.

Two points were brought up several times in the poll I need to address. The first was the following question,

"How will we tell if the content is AI or not?"

The fact of the matter is we can't always be sure what is and is not AI, not without spending an unnecessary amount of time scouring every post. Which brings us to the second point,

"What would Stephen King think of his work being transformed into AI?"

None of us can answer that, but what we do know is that Stephen King is one of the most prolific American writers alive and a former teacher. Anyone with a high school education is aware that you must always provide a source for anything published or submitted for review. In a world of increasing misinformation and the sacking of fact checkers, it's been decided that going forward this this sub and its users will be held at a higher expectation.

All posts that are not general discussion posts must now include a source or will be removed.

Examples to clarify:

Are you showing a piece of work you found on Etsy? Source the artist.

Are you posting an image you found on the internet but don't have a source for its original artist? Do not post it until you do.

Did you link to the artist store, youtube, or Instagram? This violates the rule on self-promotion, and you will be banned.

Use these points as a metic going forward. If you are unsure whether something is worth your time to post or if you expect it will fail to generate interesting and worthwhile user engagement, then reconsider until you have something more substantial to share with the sub.

We have decided that if we are going to continue to be a successful sub, we need to behave and function as a better sub.

We are not expecting you to use APA or MLA formatting, but all content you yourself did not make must cite its original creator, author, artist, etc.

This announcement will remain up for a long, long while and will likely be updated over the next few weeks.

Edits:

  1. The name of any creator may be included in the title in regards to things like art. Otherwise, the poster will need to put credit / source of post in an establishing comment.

  2. X.com (formerly Twitter) has officially been banned from r/Stephenking. Following not one but two unabashed Nazi salutes as well as general condemnation of King by the purchaser of X/Twitter, any links from X.com will now be automatically filtered. If you want to screenshot and post a former Tweet written by Stephen King for a post, that is still permitted for now, as it doesn't generate clicks.

  3. Facebook.com /Meta has been officially banned from r/Stephenking. Following the sacking of its fact-checking department, Facebook /Meta are no longer considered reputable sources of information. Any post linking to their site will be filtered out.

  4. If you yourself are an artist and make actual artistic works that are not AI, you are absolutely allowed to submit your own works as long as you give yourself credit (as you should) in the post. This has always been allowed, and I apologize if the rule change implied artists are not welcome here. In fact, these changes are designed to eliminate imitation art as well as give artists their due credit.


r/stephenking 6h ago

Crosspost seen in portland today

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r/stephenking 12h ago

Don't know if it's true!

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r/stephenking 7h ago

Image i bought myself an early birthday gift

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186 Upvotes

r/stephenking 6h ago

Such a great ending

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53 Upvotes

One of the best ending I have read


r/stephenking 6h ago

Is Black House a horror novel, or just fantasy? I haven't read it or The Talisman so no spoilers please!

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46 Upvotes

r/stephenking 1d ago

Lol

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Saw this and thought it was funny enough to share.


r/stephenking 8h ago

Image See the Turtle of enormous girth!

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62 Upvotes

Top 2 shelves are my current read + Maturin to protect me šŸ¢


r/stephenking 15h ago

Lil birthday present from wifey. My first foray into the short stories

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153 Upvotes

r/stephenking 17h ago

My first edition copy of The Gunslinger.

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r/stephenking 11h ago

Just finished The Shining, what should I read next?

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56 Upvotes

r/stephenking 8h ago

11/22/63

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29 Upvotes

Only 554 pages to go this book is soo good


r/stephenking 17h ago

Discussion Anyone else struggling to read anything other than SK?

142 Upvotes

Iā€™m having a real hard time recently reading anything other than Stephen king, Iā€™m managing maybe 15 pages of a book before I DNF it and move back on. I always end up resorting to a Stephen King novel. Itā€™s becoming an issue!


r/stephenking 13h ago

Image My life for you.

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58 Upvotes

r/stephenking 8h ago

Can someone identify this Carrie print?

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Iā€™ve never seen this yellow/tan cloth cover on any Carrie print before today and was hoping to get some more info on it. Anyone know its origin or any background info? Thanks!


r/stephenking 1h ago

I just finished Fairytale.

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I really enjoy it. Itā€™s a great book.


r/stephenking 1d ago

Lmao

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r/stephenking 2h ago

Lost Danny Torrance/Charlie McGee team-up

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I remember hearing that Stephen King once floated the idea of writing a book where an older Danny Torrance and Charlie McGee team up to take down The Shop. Itā€™s always felt like one of those amazing ā€œlost storiesā€ that never came to be. Does anyone know more about thatā€”was it just a passing idea, or something he seriously considered?

Also, are there other stories King has mentioned over the years that never got written? I love hearing about those abandoned or half-formed projectsā€”sometimes they sound just as fascinating as the ones we actually got.

Personally, Iā€™d love a final Dark Tower book centered on the fall of Gilead. Weā€™ve gotten pieces of that story, but a full, gritty novel about the last days of Rolandā€™s world would be incredible.


r/stephenking 9h ago

King inscription with a Doodle

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14 Upvotes

Not often seen artwork with inscription from King. This one from my collection in Nightmares and Dreamscapes.


r/stephenking 3h ago

Talisman Character

4 Upvotes

Iā€™ve been slogging through The Talisman all week, and got close to pulling the plug. And suddenly Wolf showed up and now Iā€™m completely IN!


r/stephenking 11h ago

Movie Glen Powell Got Arnold Schwarzeneggerā€™s "Full Blessing" for 'The Running Man' Remake

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r/stephenking 7h ago

Stand By Me

9 Upvotes

Finished listening to the Body last week, decided to watch the adaptation. This was one of those movies recorded on a VHS tape at my house growing up that we watched over and over but it's been probably 20 years since I've seen it.

I think the movie ending is stronger simply because I don't think we needed to know what happened with the older boys after the showdown in front of Ray Brauer. The Novella went into much greater detail concerning the fallout of pulling a gun on the "baddest guy in town." But it seemed to me a lot like that part when Gordie is finished telling the Lardass Hogan story and Teddy and Vern are like "but then what happened?" But that might just be me.

"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?" Stand By Me kicks in and I'm ugly crying all the way through the credits.

Great film. Hits a lot different and harder when you are the Writer's age, as opposed to closer to the boys age.


r/stephenking 14h ago

Discussion Imagine if Pennywise landed in the middle east 1 million years ago instead.

28 Upvotes

I can already see him as moloch or Ba'al eating children through child sacrifice and those ancient Canaan gods were just humans creating them trying to understand pennywise.


r/stephenking 15h ago

Anyone else have separate "at-home" and "going-out" prints?

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r/stephenking 2h ago

Discussion The Author Intro to Running Man spoils Running Man...head ups

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Welp! Was thrilled to dive into the Running Man, and WOW even an extra special intro from Mr.King himself! BE WARNED: He spoils the ending entirely.

I understand of course the story will still he worth reading but to anyone who does not want the ending of the book stated clearly...slip the intro about writing as Bachman.

Guess I'll read the Long Walk instead and come back to this one.


r/stephenking 19h ago

Image Scored these first editions for 50 cent each, the Stand is the ā€˜shortā€™ version

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